1982 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Winner

The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Robert A. Caro
The greatest biography of our era … Essential reading for those who want to comprehend power and politics’ The Times Robert A. Caro’s legendary, multi-award-winning biography of US President Lyndon Johnson is a uniquely riveting and revelatory account o…
1982 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Shortlist

Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood
Kate Simon

Stolen Lightning
Daniel Lawrence O’Keefe

The Fate of the Earth
Jonathan Schell
